Volcano Saga + The Juniper Tree
La scénariste et musicienne Marie-Douce St-Jacques propose un cycle consacré aux sorcières et leurs multiples métamorphoses dans une variété de genres et sous-genres, en tenant compte des revendications féministes actuelles qui commentent cette figure essentielle et mythique. Une table-ronde animée par Valérie Lefebvre-Faucher de la revue Liberté complétera ce cycle foisonnant.
Volcano Saga was originally performed live, featuring media artist Jonas on stage narrating an Icelandic folktale about a woman named Gudrun whose adventures revolved around four mysterious dreams that required the services of a soothsayer.
In medieval Iceland, Margit and her sister Katla flee after their mother is burned for witchcraft. Finding refuge with Jóhann and his son Jónas, the two women manage to be adopted by this new family, who are unaware of Katla's emerging powers.
Trailer in original version only, The film will be presented in original version with French subtitles.
Nietzchka Keene
Professor Nietzchka Keene (June 26, 1952 – October 20, 2004) was an American film director and writer best known for The Juniper Tree, a feature film shot in Iceland, and starring the Icelandic singer Björk in her first film role. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the spring of 2004 and died, aged 52. She taught film making and editing in the University of Wisconsin–Madison until her death.
